There is a real dearth of VC critical perspective. The VC blog posts are not just content marketing, but they are also self serving. This is natural as you're going to write about things from your perspective.
But VC and founders interests are not always aligned. In fact, in my experience, the number one cause of startup failure is that the VC isn't giving "advice" but orders. EG: not "you should do less email marketing" but "you will pivot away from this business into another one", and things of that nature. The number two cause of startup failures in my experience (over a couple decades) is fights between the founders, and a large portion of those are caused because one founder wants to do what the VC says and the other thinks its the wrong thing for the business. The number three cause of failure is being too early/not addressing the right part of the market/lack of customer development.
Things are a bit better these days with angels who seem to want to exert less control, and more participants in rounds.
But we really need a good blog that is critical of VC perspective, and arms founders so that they don't get screwed every time.
There's a book by Remus Sutten about buying a car called "don't get taken ever time". Yet IMNSHO Founders are still getting taken every time.
But VC and founders interests are not always aligned. In fact, in my experience, the number one cause of startup failure is that the VC isn't giving "advice" but orders. EG: not "you should do less email marketing" but "you will pivot away from this business into another one", and things of that nature. The number two cause of startup failures in my experience (over a couple decades) is fights between the founders, and a large portion of those are caused because one founder wants to do what the VC says and the other thinks its the wrong thing for the business. The number three cause of failure is being too early/not addressing the right part of the market/lack of customer development.
Things are a bit better these days with angels who seem to want to exert less control, and more participants in rounds.
But we really need a good blog that is critical of VC perspective, and arms founders so that they don't get screwed every time.
There's a book by Remus Sutten about buying a car called "don't get taken ever time". Yet IMNSHO Founders are still getting taken every time.